KWON Sang-woo, OH Jung-se and LEE Min-jung have joined forces for the new film Christmas Present (working title) which went into production on January 17. Also appearing in the film are child actors PARK So-yi and KIM Jun. From distributor Lotte Entertainment and production company Hive Media Corp, the film is the sophomore directing effort of MA Dae-yoon, who previously made the family drama My L...

Despite the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the London Korean Film Festival, which was celebrating this year its 15th edition, boasts another success, receiving an enthusiastic response from fans of Korean films living in the UK. As the event opted for online/in-person hybrid screenings, the event recorded more than 3,000 online reservations and received significant media attention. The BBC, but...

Seasoned editor YANG Jin-mo won the Outstanding Editing - Theatrical Feature Award from this year’s Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards for his work on BONG Joon-ho’sPARASITE(2019). The Hollywood Professional Association is a trade organization that services the post-production community in North America. The HPA Awards recognize outstanding contributions in several editing fields, as ...

It was a two-horse race at the box office over the weekend as a new release and a three-week holdover accounted for almost 90% of all business. Admissions ticked up again, this time 15%, to 709,000, while the local market share was a gargantuan 91% as Hollywood continues to delay its major tentpoles due to the pandemic. CJ Entertainment claimed first place with their latest film Collectors starrin...

Despite no major new releases, there was some good news on the charts as business grew 10% week-on-week with 617,000 spectators packing into multiplexes. This was largely thanks to a local word-of-mouth hit that helped keep the local market share very high, at 84% of all sales. After comfortably claiming first place last weekend, although with a depressed COVID Era gross, word of mouth has had a m...

Foot traffic at Korean cinemas remained low over the weekend, especially compared to crowded weekends in China and Japan, but business was nevertheless up 40% compared to the previous weekend with 565,000 tickets sold over the frame. Led by a well-received new entry, local titles dominated the market, accounting for four of the top five films and 83% of all sales. LEE Jong-pil’s 90s-set women-led ...